At A Glance
- The Philippine women's ultimate frisbee team stamped its class and dismantled China's Shenzhen Haikey, 14-3, to reign supreme in the 2025 Hong Kong Championship at the Sha Tin Sports Ground recently.
Binibinis (Negrense PH)
The Philippine women’s ultimate frisbee team stamped its class and dismantled China’s Shenzhen Haikey, 14-3, to reign supreme in the 2025 Hong Kong Championship at the Sha Tin Sports Ground recently.
The Binibinis flashed their fiery form and torched the Chinese bets by seizing a 7-1 lead in the first half before Ysa Chua led the final assault to rule the distaff side of the week-long tournament.
Before their convincing championship victory, the Nationals swept their tasks in Group A where they demolished the likes of Shenzhen (8-1), JINGHU (10-2), and Everglow (9-5).
They followed it up with rousing triumphs over Tiger Dragon (13-1) and host and eventual bronze winner Hong Kong (10-4) in the quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively.
With their dominant run, the Filipinas also bagged the Most Spirited Award.
Gwen Maghuyop served as a spirit captain, while Chua was the skipper of the team which was guided by coach Jordan Mirafilez and team manager Katrina Torres.
Other members of the crew were Joyce Reroma, April Adalim, Ma. Charisma Bautista, Katzen Oliva, Christine Absin, Iris Luague, Mary Grace Larisca, Alex Sarsaba, Mavie Diputado, Zashi Pelegrino Smith, Chelsey Aquino, Kristel Cornel, Tristine Manlosa, Coreen Villanueva, Lovely Garcia, Stella Escasa and Daphne Schneider.
Last week, the Pilipinas Ultimate capped off its flawless run in the men's category with a 15-7 beating of Team Flash in the final thanks to Jesster Selda and Kent Valenzuela's scoring spree that kept the Nationals afloat from start to finish.
Like the Binibinis, the male side went unbeaten as well before entering the championship round.